Play-ball covering



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Patented June 28, 1927.

. BEU'LAH LOUISE HENRY, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

VPLAY B ALL COVERING,

Application filed. December 11, 1926. Seria1-N0. 154,296.

This invention relates to a covering for play balls, and hasespecialreference to a fabrlcated covering for play balls or differenttypes, and particularly forinfiatable play balls.

The'principal object. of the present invention is a covering forcomparatively large inaccordance with a work, and therefore expense, inproducing the covering. 7 1

another object of the invention is the production of a covering for aplay ball which is composed of particolor zones, and formed ofsupplemental gores of uitable material such as rubberized fabric, so cutthat when sewed together, the gores will form a perfect spherepresenting a :novel and striking appearance.

The nature of the invention and its distinguishing features andadvantages will appear when the following specification is read inconnection with the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is anelevation of a play ball having a two'gore covering made in accordancewith the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of a play ball having a three gore covering madein accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of a play ball having a five gore covering madein accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 4 is an elevation of an intermediate or zonal gore such as is usedin producing a play ball covering having more than three gores.

Fig. 5 is an elevation of a segmental gore, such as is used in producinga play ball covering of two gores.

Fig. 6 is an elevation of an intermediate or zonal gore such as is usedin coverings having more than two gores.

Fig. 7 is an elevation of a segmental goresuch as is used in producing aplay ball covering of three or more gores.

Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view illustrat ing the manner in which thegores are sewed or stitched together.

In accordance with the present invention, coverings for play balls maybe diversely formulated, that is to say, coverings having two or moregores may be made, and some examples are illustrated in Figs. 1. 2 and3. The coverings are advantageously produced from rubberizedfabric inthe form of gores each of which may. have a distinctive color so thatwhen thegores are sewed together the will form a perfectspherehavingzones of color to, present a striking appearance.

In Fig. 1 there is shown a play ball having a covering 10 composed oftwo gores 11 which are similar, eachconsisting of asi-ngle piece ofmaterial, such as rubberized fabric, cut circular, and a sector beingremoved therefrom, as at 12, Fig. '5. It is to be noted that in removinga portion in the form of a sector from the gore 11, the gore is cutalong curved lines 13, which meet at a point to one side of the centerof the circulargorell. Each circular gore 11 is sewed 0r stitched alongthe margins of the lines 13 to bring adjacent portions of the gore 11together, which will form a semi-spherical gore, or segment of a sphere.The two semi-spherical gores so formed are sewed or stitched to getheras at 14. It is to be noted, on reference to Fig. 5, that the fabricwarp and woof threads are disposed on a bias with respect to thecircular edge of each gore 11 so that the material from which each goreis formed will lie smoothly and conform properly to the spherical shapeto be obtained. The fabric from which each gore 11 is made is coated orhas a layer of rubber 15 of a distinctive color. Thus it will beapparent that as shown in Fig. 1 the ball covering 10 will present zoneswhich are particolored.

\Vhere more than two gores are used for producing a coverin the coveringwill include gores 11 similar to the gores 11, but smaller accordingtothe size of the ball, and an intermediate or zonal gore, such as the oneshown at 16 in Fig. 6, will also be used. The gore 16 will be producedfrom a single piece of rubberized fabric and the opposite side edges 17will be parallel with respect to each other. The threads of the fabricwill be on a bias with respect to the side edges 17, as indicated at 18.The gore 16 will be sewed between gores 11, as at 19. The gore 16, likethe gores 11, will be distinctively colored. The gores 11 and 16 whensewed together will form a covering presenting a striking diversity ofzones of color.

To produce a covering having more than three gores an intermediate orzonal gore such as the one shown in Fig. 4 is used. The gore 20 isproduced from a single piece of rubberized fabric and is cut to form anare of a perfect circle of proper length and width. The opposite sideedges 21 are parallel with respect to each other, While the edges 22 areout radially. The threads of the fabric are disposed on the bias asindicated at 23. Referring now to Fig. 3 it will be apparent that use ismade of two gores 11", two gores 20, and a gore 16. Each gore 11 issewed to form a segment of a sphere, the gore 20 has the edges 22thereof sewed together to form a zone of a sphere, and the gore 16 hasthe opposite end edges thereof sewed together to form a zone of asphere. The gores 20 are sewed respectively to the gores 11 as at 24,and the gore 16 is sewed between the gores 20 as at 25. Each of thegores 11', 16 and 20 is distinctively colored so as to present zones ofdifferent colors thus giving a novel particolored appearance.

I claim:

1. A play, ball covering comprising two segmental gores and a zonal goreconnected between said segmental gores.

2. A play ball covering composed of gores sewed together and consistingof two segmental gores, and on or more intermediate zonal gores.

3. A playball covering compoced of particolor zones, and formed ofsupplemental fabric gores so cut that when sewed together will form aperfect sphere, and the threads of each gore on a bias to the meetingedges of the gores.

BEULAH LOUISE HENRY.

